About 8:25 a.m. Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott’s office emailed to reporters his daily schedule, which is a public record. Surprise. At 8:30 a.m., the governor would sign into law the 2015-16 state budget that the Legislature had just approved four days earlier and announce which projects he had vetoed. The Tampa Bay Times‘ capital bureau […]
Editorial: Dark clouds over government in the sunshine – Tampa Bay Times
There are the familiar, such as the annual attempt to keep secret the names of applicants to become university presidents. There are the new, such as the broad public records exemption sought for videos from body cameras worn by police. There are the unnecessary, such as efforts to keep email addresses secret. And there are […]
Editorial: A lesson in open government in Florida – Tampa Bay Times
They routinely attract little public attention or news coverage. Yet last week’s meeting of aides to the governor and Cabinet illustrates the importance of Florida’s public meetings law. Only by requiring that the public’s business be conducted in public can Floridians know what elected officials are up to and assess the potential impact. For example, […]
